Old Friend by Sally Warrell
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Old Friend Copyright © Copyright Sally Warrell 2011
That rare thing,
A person who knows you
Intimately;
Talks about you as if you
Were a well thumbed book,
Always keeps you on their shelf;
Dispenses advice
Without prejudice, knowing that
You may never take it;
Who loves you for the long haul,
Even though you know
You never live up to expectations;
Who reads between the lines,
Who gives you the benefit of the doubt
And reaches into your essential loneliness.
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Tue, 22/02/2011 - Add new comment
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The 'old thumbed book' is
The 'old thumbed book' is nice! And 'essential loneliness' an interesting ending - the thought that loneliness is necessary as well as the defining characteristic, perhaps, of the speaker in the poem. RL